After graduating from Goldsmiths College London, I pursued a career in textiles working for large corporate companies before running my own holiday and events business. My long standing passion for geology led me to carving stone. Learning to carve stone felt like a natural way to express myself and the perfect link to between art and geology. My inspiration for garden sculpture usually comes from natural forms and patterns and often from rock itself, I love fossils and strata and also find inspiration in my garden.
I love to draw and have found a great relationship between the charcoal stick with which I draw and the chisel with which I carve. With garden sculpture I like to carve boldly often experimenting with shape or texture in the design of sculptural forms, always refering to her drawings for my inspiration. My drawings are the foundation of much of my work. I love the creation of chisel marks on slate and the deep textures I apply to Bath and Portland stone.
A passion for poetry and rhyme is the source of inspiration for letter cutting. I often include images and texture to convey the words selected and enhance the design and sentiment. Travel is also a design inspiration with recent trips to Morocco the south of France influencing my work as well as the beauty of the Devon coastline and moorland where I live. Please take a look at the gallery pages to view examples of my garden sculpture, garden bowls and letter cutting work.
Past Exhibitions ( for current exhibitions see Home page and News pages )
Exhibitions 2020
Delamore Arts - Cornwood Devon (online exhibition)
Devon Open Studios - Black Barns, Devon.
New Beginingings - Lettering Arts Trust, Snape Maltings, Suffolk.
RHS Rosemoor - Great Torrington, Devon
Christmas Showcase - Lettering Arts Trust, Snape Maltings, Suffolk.
Exhibitions 2019
Harbour House Gallery - Kingsbridge , Devon
Delamore Arts - Cornwood, Devon
Art in the Garden - Sir Harold Hiller Garden, Hampshire
Borde Hill Garden Sculpture Exhibition - West sussex.
Showborough House - Gloustershire.
Heritage Weekend - Tavistock
Devon Open Studios - Black Barns Devon
RHS Rosemoor - Great Torrington, Devon
Exhibitions 2018
Harbour House Kingsbridge - Devon.
Delamore Arts - Cornwood, Devon.
Showborough Hall - Gloucestershire.
Cockington Court Sculpture Trail - Torquay.
The Walled Garden - Dorset.
Artizan Gallery Summer Open - Torquay
Devon Open Studios - Black Barns Devon
Artizan Gallery Winter Exhibition - Torquay
Exhibitions 2017
Delamore Arts, Cornwood, Plymouth.
Showborough Hall, Showborough, Gloucestershire.
Red Pod Arts, Ivybridge, Devon
Guest Maker, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon
South West Academy Open, Exeter Castle, Exeter, Devon
Art in the Cathedral, Exeter Cathedral, Devon
Exhibitons 2016
Artizan Gallery, Torquay
Delamore Arts, Cornwood, Plymouth.
The Mythic Garden Sculpure Exhibition, Chagford, Devon
Solo Exhibition The Barn Gallery, Chagford, Devon.
South West Academy Open, Exeter Castle, Exeter, Devon